Administration
Below is a list of key personnel and committees responsible for oversight and management of day-to-day operations for the Curriculum:
Program Director – Will Valdar, PhD
5113 Genetic Medicine Building; CB 7264; 919-843-2833
Associate Program Director – Tim Elston, PhD
411-010B Mary Ellen Jones Building, CB 7365; 919-843-7670
Program Administrator/Student Services Manager – John Cornett
5009 Genetic Medicine Building; CB 7264; 919-962-4728
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee establishes program policies and evaluates new faculty applicants. It consists of the Director of Graduate Studies, the Deputy Director, the Student Services Administrator, three faculty, and three student representatives:
- Amy Gladfelter, PhD, Professor of Biology
- Boyce Griffith, PhD, Associate Professor of Mathematics
- Jason Stein, PhD, Assistant Professor of Genetics and Neurobiology
- Jayashree Kumar, PhD student (Alain Leaderach lab)
- Michael Lafferty, PhD student (Jason Stein lab)
- Siyao Liu, PhD student (Chuck Perou lab)
Matters that involve specific students or personnel, including students for training grant appointments and ruling on request for exemptions for BCB policies, are handled by the Executive Committee, which is the Steering Committee without the student representatives,